xeno-, xen- (Greek: foreign, foreigner, strange, stranger; and by extension, guest).The "x" in xeno- is pronounced "z"; "zeno". Greeks are said to have considered any stranger a "guest" and modern Greek includes xenodocheion a "guest house" or "house for guests" or its modern version of "hotel". autoxenous:
axenous:
axeny:
dixenous:
dixeny:
euxenite:
heteroxenous:
lipoxeny:
monaxenic:
monoxenous:
monoxeny:
myrmecoxenous:
myrmecoxeny:
oligoxenous:
oligoxeny:
perixenitis:
philoxenism:
philoxenist:
pleioxenous:
pyroxene:
rheoxene:
rheoxenous:
trixenous:
trixeny:
xenagogue:
From Greek, to lead, leading; bring, take; plus a "guest" or stranger. A reference to someone who conducts strangers; a guide.
xenagogy:
The leading or conducting of strangers. It is used by some as the title of a guide-book.
xenapistia:
xenembole:
xenia:
xeniobiosis:
xenmancy:
xenobiology:
xenobiosis:
xenobiotic:
xenocurrency:
xenocytophilic:
xenodeme:
xenodiagnosis:
xenodocheionology:
xenodochial:
Given to receiving strangers; hospitable.
xenodochium:
A house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hotel, guest-house, especially in a monastery.
xenodochy:
Entertainment of strangers; hospitality.
Xenodusa:
xenoecic:
xenoecy:
xenoepist:
xenogamous:
xenogamy:
Fertilization by pollen from another plant of the same species; cross-fertilization.
xenogenesis, xenogenetic, xenogenic:
A supposed production of offspring permanently unlike the parent; also heterogenesis.
xenogenous:
xenogeny:
xenoglossia:
xenoglossy:
xenograft:
xenolith:
xenology:
xenomancy:
xenomania:
xenomaniac:
xenomenia:
xenomorphic:
xenomorphosis:
xenon:
xenoparasite:
xenoparasitism:
xenophilia:
xenophilic:
xenophily:
xenophobia:
xenophobic:
xenophonia:
xenophthalmia:
xenoplastic:
Xenopus:
xenopus:
xenorexia:
xenotransplantation:
1. The surgical removal of an organ or tissue from one species and transplanting it into a member of a different species, for example: the use of a baboon heart in a human being.
2. The surgical transfer of cells, tissues, or especially whole organs from one species to another. |